These are the monks at Holy Transfiguration Skete, a Byzantine Catholic monastery set at the edge of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Their backyard is Lake Superior, a few steps from their porch.

Holy Transfiguration Monastery of Brookline, Mass., obtained the judgment in 2011 from a federal judge in Massachusetts against the founder of the Chaffee County monastery, known as Dormition Skete.

Father Basil, who lives at Holy Transfiguration Skete, said the experience of the monastery being the focus of a film was “actually quite pleasant.” He, along with monks, attended the Saturday ...

KEWEENAW COUNTY, Mi (WPBN/WGTU) -- For over 30 years, the Byzantine Catholic monks of the Holy Transfiguration Skete have lived in quiet solace and prayer while also growing a reputation as some ...

In late summer of 1983, a handful of men founded the Holy Transfiguration Skete on the Keweenaw Peninsula. Their goal was serving God. Less clear: how they would support themselves.

The center, said to be on 27 acres, is a monastery, known as Dormition Skete, at 29020 County Road 187, south and east of Buena Vista. ... Society of the Holy Transfiguration Monastery Inc.

Father Basil, who lives at Holy Transfiguration Skete, said the experience of the monastery being the focus of a film was "actually quite pleasant." He, along with monks, attended the Saturday ...